Interventions were ineffective, NGT told

{ NCR POLLUTION } AMICUS CURIAE RAISES URGENT CONCERNS

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

The National Green Tribunal-appointed amicus curiae, senior advocate Sanjay Upadhyay, raised urgent concerns over the worsening air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).

In an affidavit to the tribunal, dated November 6, and released recently, he said that, despite the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) being in force, air quality has not improved and emergency interventions such as cloud seeding have delivered no measurable results. The affidavit also highlighted significant discrepancies in official pollution data.

Upadhyay pointed to the consistent failure of air quality to improve under Grap measures, noting that "Stage 1 Grap was initiated on October 14, and stage 2 on October 19, 2025. Despite stage 2 Grap orders, the AQI has consistently remained in 'poor' to 'very poor' quality."